- Nov 07, 2020
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- Nov 07, 2020
Africans, we hold on to our youths and whip them into shape.
- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, I thought it was tough.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't bad at school, but I was never a bookworm.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The less I talk about being black, the better.
- I Can
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I'd rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I can act and that's it. Hopefully that's it.
- Differences
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- Nov 07, 2020
Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.
- Bad Guys
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The English are good at bad guys - the James Bond-style villain, cunning, slow-burning. The Americans are much more obvious about it.
- Green Light
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The long and short of it is that I am now in a position in England to green light movies, and that's really excellent - not high-budget movies, but movies none the less.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It could be Grammy night, Oscar night, whatever - I don't feel the pressure to be there.
- Networking
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love bikes. I used to own one, but I fell off it when I was younger and that was the end of my bike riding days until now.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was into Spider Man when I was a kid and that was the only comic I've ever read.
- Comics
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tend to stay away from the comics.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now there are certain things you have to prepare - like dialect and special skills. But in the moment, interaction between two characters on the page doesn't need - for me, I don't need to prepare that.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing?
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- Nov 07, 2020